especially

especialmente

especially(eh-speh-shuh-li)

adverb

1. (expressly)

a. especialmente

I made this meal especially for you.

Hice esta cena especialmente para ti.

b. expresamente

Tammy wore her pink sweater especially for David, because he didn't believe she owned anything pink.

Tammy llevaba el suéter rosa expresamente para David, porque no se creía que ella tuviera nada rosa.

c. en particular

The singer offered his gratitude to his fans, but especially to those from his home town.

El cantante dio las gracias a sus fans, pero, en particular, a los de su ciudad natal.

2. (exceptionally)

a. particularmente

Dania had an especially long weekend because she was in bed sick with the flu.

Dania tuvo un fin de semana particularmente largo porque estuvo en cama enferma con la gripe.

b. especialmente

Bryan found learning Chinese to be especially difficult.

A Bryan le pareció que aprender chino era especialmente difícil.

especially

[ɪsˈpeʃəlɪ]

adverb

1. especialmente

• we were especially lucky with the weather tuvimos especial suerte con el tiempo

specially

[ˈspeʃəlɪ]

adverb

1. especialmente (in particular)

• they had a cake specially made les hicieron un pastel para la ocasión

especially [ɪsˈpeʃəlɪ]

adverb

1 (particularly) especialmente

the garden is beautiful, especially in summer/when it rains

especially in summer/when it rains especialmente or sobre todo en verano/cuando llueve

especially in summer/when it rains

why me, especially? ¿por qué yo precisamente?

I especially liked the beginning of the book you especially ought to know

2 (expressly) especialmente

I came especially to see you vine especialmente para verte; to do sth especially for sb/sth hacer algo especialmente para algn/algo

3 (more than usually) [+important, difficult, sensitive] especialmente; particularmente

she did especially well in her French exam el examen de francés le fue especialmente or particularmente bien; "is she pretty?" — "not especially" —¿es guapa? —no especialmente

vitamin k is especially important for babies it is especially awkward

specially [ˈspeʃəlɪ]

adverb

1 (specifically) [+designed, made, adapted, trained, selected] especialmente; expresamente

a lotion specially formulated for children una loción formulada especialmente or expresamente para niños; we asked for it specially lo pedimos a propósito

a dinner she had specially prepared for him

2 (particularly) especialmente; en especial; en particular

I was thinking specially of the effect on pedestrians they were all pro-Nazi, specially Malan and Verwoerd

we would specially like to see the orchard nos gustaría especialmente or en especial ver el huerto; nos gustaría ver el huerto en particular; specially the yellow ones especialmente or sobre todo los amarillos

he is specially interested in Proust

3 (exceptionally) especialmente; particularmente

a specially difficult task

her job is not specially important to her su trabajo no es especialmente or particularmente importante para ella; the food was specially good la comida era excepcional or excepcionalmente buena

the film/book was specially interesting the exam was specially difficult